Impact of Urbanization and Socioeconomic Factors on the Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Center of Morocco
Joint Authors
Talbi, Fatima Zahra
El Ouali Lalami, Abdelhakim
El Omari, Hajar
Chahlaoui, A.
Ouarrak, K.
Source
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-01-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Parasitic diseases, in particular leishmaniasis, are still a public health problem in several countries and in Morocco.
Methods.
The data used are those of epidemiological surveillance collected in the registers of the prefectural epidemiology cell (PEC); however, the socioeconomic data were obtained from the High Commissioner for Planning.
The Pearson correlation test was used to determine the correlation between the different variables.
Results.
In total, 70 cases were recorded by the prefectural epidemiology cell (PEC) during the period from 2009 to 2015.
46% of the cases come from rural areas while 54% of the cases come from urban areas.
The Pearson test shows the existence of a significant relationship between the number of cases recorded and the type of environment (r = 0.49, p value = 0.02), and population rate (R = 0.849 and p≤0.001).
However, in our case, the poverty rate does not influence CL’s distribution.
Conclusion.
Our results show that the CL affects the majority of the municipalities with predominance of the urban environment, so the distribution of cases of this pathology is not influenced by the poverty; however, the urbanization and the number of inhabitants have a positive impact on the distribution of this scourge.
American Psychological Association (APA)
El Omari, Hajar& Chahlaoui, A.& Talbi, Fatima Zahra& Ouarrak, K.& El Ouali Lalami, Abdelhakim. 2020. Impact of Urbanization and Socioeconomic Factors on the Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Center of Morocco. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
El Omari, Hajar…[et al.]. Impact of Urbanization and Socioeconomic Factors on the Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Center of Morocco. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
El Omari, Hajar& Chahlaoui, A.& Talbi, Fatima Zahra& Ouarrak, K.& El Ouali Lalami, Abdelhakim. Impact of Urbanization and Socioeconomic Factors on the Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Center of Morocco. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1174304
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1174304